everywhere and everyday
there is something more to say
everyday and everywhere
hearing more than i can bear

holiday hell / yes you are right

i wanted to make a block print for the winter holidays.  since i live in a cultural wasteland, my choices for art supplies are a stationers that has been going out of business for several years and michaels craft store.

i was closer to michaels.

to the salesperson:  i am looking for a linoleum block to make a print.

salesperson:  what is that for?

me:  you carve it, ink it, and make a print from it.

salesperson:  we dont sell that.

me:  yes you do.

salesperson:  no we dont.

me:  yes you do.  i know you do.

salesperson:  we got rid of everything that didnt sell.

me:  no you didnt.  you have it, i just cant find it.

salesperson:  try another salesperson.

me:  i cant find another salesperson.

salesperson:  (walking away, disgusted exhalation)

to next salesperson:  :  i am looking for a linoleum block to make a print.

salesperson:  what is that for?

me:  you carve it, ink it, and make a print from it.

salesperson:  we dont sell that.

me:  yes you do.

salesperson:  no we dont.

me:  yes you do.  i know you do.

salesperson:  how do you know we sell it?

me:  other people have bought it here.

salesperson:  in this store?

me:  yes (i lied).

salesperson:  well we dont sell that anymore.

me:  yes you do.

salesperson:  I will ask the manager.

salesperson on walky talky mic:  do we sell linoleum blocks?

salesperson to me:  whats it for?

me:  you carve it, ink it, and make a print from it.

salesperson (after repeating and a pause):  we dont sell that.

me:  yes you do.

salesperson:  no we dont.

me:  yes you do.  i know you do.

me:  do you have a brayer?

salesperson:  what is that?

me:  you use it to roll ink on the block to make a print.

salesperson:  we dont sell that.

me:  yes you do. can you show me where the ink is?

salesperson:  ink for what?

me:  (pause)  ink to make a print from a linoleum block.

salesperson:  we dont sell that.

me:  yes you do.  can you show me where any ink is?

salesperson:  aisle thirteen.

me:  can you show me?

salesperson:  (walking to  aisle fourteen, exhalation of disgust)

salesperson:  (leading me back to aisle thirteen) this is not what you want.

me:  this says ink for linoleum block prints.  these are five sizes of linoleum blocks. these are two sizes of brayers.  this is a kit of carving tools for carving linoleum blocks to make a print.  perfect.  thank you.

salesperson:  (walking away, exhalation of disgust)

cashier:  (as i set down a pile of merchandise) did you find everything you need?

me:  (steely stare)

cashier:  (after ringing six items) we cant sell this.  (she was holding the linoleum block)

me:  yes you can.

cashier:  it doesnt have a tag.

me:  yes it does, you just scanned it.

cashier:  but nothing happens.  we dont sell this.

me:  yes you do.

cashier:  (on walky talky mic to manager, sounding out the words) do we sell linoleum blocks?

manager:  i already told him we dont.

me:  (walking out of the store)  and you are right. (exhalation of disgust)

the end of the day
a pink wash over gray

joy and cheer and homemade beer
everyone a bit insane
pour a glass of good champagne
and toast the end of this damn year

good night my friends good night my foes
good night to everybodys woes
each dream a dream of chocolate cream
and caramel covered jelly beans

Prosperous House Spritz

This formula removes the obstacles to prosperity and attracts the good luck energy for money and abundance into the home. It also makes you happy. Use it liberally!

For severe money issues, first use the Clean House Spritz to start the abundace-process with a clean environment.

Into a large spray bottle, put half a bottle of blessthebody.com Karma Cleanse and half a bottle of blessthebody.com Grace and Peace and Joy. Add eight drops of essential oil of basil and fill with water.

To augment this spritz, add to the above formula half a bottle of blessthebody.com Gold Light and White Light and eight drops each of essential oils of allspice and bergamot.

Use the Prosperous House Spritz from the New to the Full Moon, before business meetings, and whenever money is lagging. The effects are amazing!

This is more than aromatherapy, this is spiritual healing.

For more information on Feng Shui for romance and prosperity, see Feng Shui Every Day.

time for bed, time for sleep
throw your troubles on a heap
burn them down to peaceful town
and let the bastards weep

Romantic House Spritz

This formula attracts into the home the good luck energy for romance and marriage, ensuring attraction and monogamy. Spray the entire house, including the bedroom, eight days in a row or before a date. To remove difficult, unwanted blockages to romance, see Clean House Spritz.

Into a large spray bottle, put half a bottle of blessthebody.com Be In Love, Gold Light, Pink Light, Love Light, and White Light with four drops of the essential oils of vanilla, orange, cardamom, sandalwood, and ylang ylang. Fill with water.

 Use Romantic House Spritz at New Years Eve, Valentines Day, Full Moons, and whenever the kids/parents are gone!

your god is cruel and hateful
its children are insane
the world has lost compassion
and society is to blame

let me go

if i have a simple prayer
it would be to grow more hair
not so much to be a bear
but these things are never fair

lol

heavy eyes and heavy heart
end a day you shouldnt start
heavy hands and heavy head
find some comfort going to bed

now i lay me down to bed
thoughts of painting in my head
if i die before i wake
someone paint a real good fake

Clean House Spritz

This formula attracts into the home the good luck of prosperity and abundance and removes the obstacles to happy romance and vital health. It is the best limpia available. Use it to clear unwanted and unhealthy energy from the home and ensure the best luck in your life.

Put half a bottle of blessthebody.com Aura Spritz and half a bottle of blessthebody.com Karma Cleanse and eight drops of lavender essential oil into a large spray bottle and fill with water. Spray the entire house from top to bottom three days in a row.

For challenging and deeply stuck energy, add to the above mixture: half a bottle of blessthebody.com Radiation Cleanse, half a bottle of Implant Cleanse, and half a bottle of White Light. Add eleven drops of pennyroyal essential oil and eleven drops of tea tree essential oil. (Avoid pennyroyal if someone in the house is pregnant.) Spray the house eleven days in a row. This will remove the most serious energetic problem.

Use the Clean House Spritz at the Solstices and Equinoxes, for Spring cleaning, and after house guests. This is more than aroma therapy; this can save your life.

For more information on Feng Shui, see Feng Shui Every Day.

blessthebody.com Skin Mantra

Energetic skin rejuvenation and cellular regeneration. Look and feel youthful again. Effective vibrational skin repair from signs of aging. Reverse wrinkles energetically. Formulated in a base of colloidal minerals, this is the only blessthebody.com remedy that is not made in water.  Apply on clean skin twice a day or as needed. Follow with blessthebody.com White Light. Secondary remedy: Gold Light.

i havent written a poem for you in quite awhile
and now my silly poems are out of style

blessthebody.com Be Awake

Natural, vibrational stimulant. Organic, spiritual energy-enhancer. No caffeine or ephedra. No drug side-effects. No over-dose. Get energy for a long day. Stay awake to study or rave. Great for long-distance drivers or long-term meditators. Focus like a star athlete. Undetectable. Use as needed. Follow with blessthebody.com Bright Brain. Secondary remedy: Chakra Tonic.

blessthebody.com Be Happy

Natural, vibrational anti-depressent. Spiritual mood-stabilizer. Get your life back, be happy. No pharmaceutical side-effects. If you take prescribed pharmaceuticals for depression, this will re-activate them through an energetic process to work better. Use four to six times a day or as needed. Follow with blessthebody.com Pink Light. Secondary remedies: Bright Brain and E-motion Potion.

blessthebody.com Be In Love

This remedy is the physical counterpart to blessthebody.com Love Light; it stimulates the etheric brain and hormones to maintain the feeling of being in love ~ encouraging intimacy, bonding, and monogamy. Use frequently with your partner or spritz the bed and home. Follow with blessthebody.com Love Light. Secondary remedies: Bright Brain, Chakra Tonic, Pink Light.

i am drunk i am high
i make art that will make you cry
read my book and shed a tear
maybe we can share a beer

what a busy day today
couldnt wait to go away
had a scotch and chocolate too
never wonder what you do

blessthebody.com Grace and Peace and Joy

This remedy opens your life to the greatest qualities of grace and peace and joy in the world. It makes of your life a deep meditation that spreads itself to the edges of the universe. Use this remedy when you are finally serious about turning your life over to God.

the day is done and so am i
so off to bed where i will lie
and hopefully can grab some sleep
and you wont hear another peep

too much computer too much phone
making contact but still alone
not enough food not enough bed
please dont whimper when i am dead

blessthebody.com White Light

Prana is the basic animating force of the universe. It is the "chi", the life-force, the vitality of all things that exist. It is the energy within atoms; the consciousness of sub-atomic particles, the spiritual within the material. A decrease of prana is degeneration.

blessthebody.com White Light enhances prana and removes all drains to prana, thus increasing vitality. It stimulates life-force in the body, the home, the business. blessthebody.com White Light is also an etheric cleanser. Combine with Aura Spritz to remove unwanted energy from yourself, your jewelry and objects, your room.

To bring light/vitality to the brain, combine with Bright Brain.

To bring light/vitality to the immune system, combine with Bright Immunity.

To bring light/vitality to the chakras, combine with Chakra Tonic.

To bring light/vitality to the aura, combine with Aura Spritz.

To bring light/vitality to the life, combine with Gold Light.

To bring light/vitality to the world, combine with Green Light.

To bring light/vitality to the universe, combine with Love Light.

To bring light/vitality to the darkness, combine with Implant Cleanse.

See also Clean House Spritz.

blessthebody.com Implant Cleanse

Deep-seated encoding and implants from fourth-dimensional interference or hereditary karma can impede the ability of the DNA structure to replicate correctly, causing mutation and illness. Often this is a vibrational disturbance that is subtle and the problem manifests over a period of time. Other cases are more overt and acute.

blessthebody.com Implant Cleanse removes the vibrational disturbance creating the underlying imbalance. Combine with blessthebody.com Love Light for best results. Add Aura Spritz and White Light for particularly difficult situations. This is highly recommended for chronic illness, both physical and emotional. See also Clean House Spritz.

 

 

i may be old
i may be drunk
but i have skills
you never thunk
so wave your youth
and shout your shout
but heres the truth
of whats about
i know i know
i know i see
i know whats what
i know whats me

blessthebody.com Love Light

The basic activity of the universe is love.

Any disharmony in your self, your home, your life; any disharmony in your community, your country, your planet — is a situation where the basic, natural activity of the universe is blocked. (If you do not understand this statement, re-read it substituting the word "god" or your equivalent for the word "universe".)

Every activity on any level is either "loving" or "loveless" — from cellular (cancer) to planetary (pollution). Every inter-action on any level is either "loving" or "loveless" — from familial (abuse) to planetary (war).

blessthebody.com Love Light is the experience of love in a bottle. It infuses your self, your home, your life (both actions and inter-actions) with love. It infuses your community, your country, your planet (both actions and inter-actions) with love.

Unblock yourself to the basic, natural activity of the universe and do your part to bless the world.

Love heals all wounds.

Love dissolves all barriers.

And love shall set you free.

library of roy anthony shabla

Books and Chapbooks

keys (poetry, $10)

conversations (poetry, $10)

i write therefore i am (poetry, $10)

libretti lumi (poetry, $13)

eating God (poetry, $15)

(PEACE) WORDS (memoir, $15)

Child Harold at the Zoo (memoir, $15)

Feng Shui Every Day (self-help, $15)

Foreign Language Books

y i x (poetry, $10)

Soul O (poetry, $12)

CDs

we are connected by words (poetry, $10)

the soul of the king (sound art, $10)

RoyAnthonyShabla.com

http://royanthonyshabla.com/books.html

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the green salon

blessthebody.com Pink Light

There is no reasonable response to life but celebration. Every other response is superficial.

Inherent joy is the basis of the universe; it is the basis of health (balance) and the basis of love (harmony). Without inherent joy, the universe would be imbalanced, disharmonious.

blessthebody.com Pink Light is joy in a bottle. It is not a mood- elevator; it is optimism even in the darkest moments.

blessthebody.com Pink Light is romance in a bottle. It is not an aphrodisiac; it is magic in the moonlight.

The ability to manifest a love-relationship depends almost solely on the presence of the color pink in the aura. Karma, astrology, feng shui must all be correct, but the color pink is essential. Superficial circumstances are not the basis of being un-partnered.

blessthebody.com Pink Light will bring up the pink in your aura and stimulate inherent joy in your life.

Combine with Green Light for vital health.

Combine with Gold Light for romantic attraction.

Combine with Love Light for spiritual romance.

Add White Light to amplify any combination.

what a day, what a night
what a week, what a fright
what a life in such a world
what a life has come unfurled

blessthebody.com Green Light

Dis-harmony is the basis of dis-ease. Imbalance is the basis of trauma. Health on the physical, emotional/mental, spiritual levels is based on harmony and balance.

blessthebody.com Green Light is the great harmonizer. It works internally/ externally; personally/inter-personally. It balances any condition/situation. blessthebody.com Green Light affects both the present and the future, thus it is a great preventer of dis-ease on any level and in any realm. It is a very important remedy for anyone wishing to transition to a more peaceful future.

Green Light is excellent for healers, politicians/diplomats, contract negotiators, care-givers, large families, anyone over-worked or who abuses his health. It is important during legal battles.

Green Light is a prayer that our mis-spent past may not be the basis of our future. Green Light is a prayer for universal peace. Liberal use of blessthebody.com Green Light will reward you many times over.

my new chapbook

 

http://royanthonyshabla.com/books.html

blessthebody.com Gold Light

Inertia, lethargy, dullness are antithetical to being productive and manifesting a glorious present and future. Shyness/cautiousness prevents you from being your authentic self.

blessthebody.com Gold Light stimulates you in the physical world and excites you in your physical life. It expands your energy field so you become dynamic. This results in great magnetism, charisma, attractiveness. It is excellent for performers and other people in the public eye. Combine with Pink Light for attracting romance. Combine with Green Light for attracting health and money.

My new chapbook, keys, is available. The proofs arrived this morning and it has now been corrected and adjusted. This book will change your reading... and your writing. This book will change you!

About: keys

Through the resonant images of keys, this small book of avant garde verse and prose poetry illuminates the family history and interpersonal relationships of the poet, achieving self-awareness for the writer and reader, and releasing the obstacles to creativity. Or, to put the key in the lock, it is a delightful story of growing up and learning who you are....

Non-linear and non-narrative in format, this chapbook, like the cycle of life itself, is a puzzle whose picture gets clearer as the pages turn... and you will find yourself in different places every time you read it. You will find yourself different every time you read it.

And, as always, it is a love story; it is the story of the long, slow process of unlocking love for yourself and others. Do not wait any longer for this release!

You will never look at a key the same way again.

http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/eatinggod

a child told me not to drink
nineteen year olds do not think
music in the park is fine
when you have a glass of wine

blessthebody.com Silver Light

Hysteria, frenzy, and spacey-ness are antithetical to being productive and manifesting a glorious present and future. Anxiety/nervousness prevents you from being your authentic self.

Silver Light grounds you into the physical world and calms you in your physical life. It contracts your energy so you are not dispersed. This results in the ability to maintain focus. It is excellent for students, meditators, actors, councilors, and any detail-oriented work. Combine with blessthebody.com Bright Brain for deeper effects.

sky poems:

sky poems:

rain poem:

how sweet

to kiss

as if a child

the drowsy

earth

spring poem:

a memory

of stretching

my arms

like a song

to the sky

rain poem:

i race

to the

perfume

of your

embrace

spring poem:

it is

irresistible

this longing

for the sun

moon poem:

everything

even the blackest night

refusing to end

reminds me

of you

wind poem:

dancing

with mustard weed

beneath the lazy planets

rain poem:

the music

a boy

as pretty as

a girl

and lightning

moon poem:

drunk

on the radiance

of you

i am

yes i am

blessthebody.com E-motion Potion

Incomplete expression of any emotion results in physical-life and spiritual-life inertia. The three basic negative emotions (fear/anxiety, anger/resentment, grief/disappointment) initiate this inertia.

blessthebody.com E-motion Potion stimulates the emotional body to release suppressed experiences liberating the psyche by completion of their expression. Depending upon your karma, not all experiences must be worked out overtly.

This is an important remedy for anyone undergoing psychological counseling, 12-step therapy, or any regression work. It is also important for people evolving from child abuse, both physical and emotional. But do not think this is a remedy for extreme cases — it can act with subtlety when subtlety is required.

It is common that people experience an "un-winding" — an emotional process which begins with depression, then moves into hostility, then nervousness — as a way of rooting out the origin of the problem. Do not be alarmed; it is a natural process to your clearer self. Combine with blessthebody.com First Aid if the emotional process becomes too overwhelming.

the sky is dark but the birds are cheeping
im up early i should be sleeping
a dream was bad and so was i
it must be time for chocolate pie

blessthebody.com Karma Cleanse

Karma is the result of choices made during life experiences. Replication of poor choices creates karmic patterns which inhibit the fruition of joy in life. blessthebody.com Karma Cleanse removes patterns which block the easy flow of universal energy through you. It can be considered "White-Tantric-Yoga-in-a-bottle".

blessthebody.com Karma Cleanse removes the blockages to prosperity; intimacy; vitality. It removes mental and emotional blockages. It removes the blockages to spirituality. Karma Cleanse removes childhood patterns that do not serve your highest good; past-life patterns that do not serve your highest good. It removes spiritual patterns that do not serve your highest good.

blessthebody.com Karma Cleanse is definitely the "change-your-life remedy". Combine with E-motion Potion for a dynamic one-two punch. See also Clean House Spritz.

poetry films by roy anthony shabla

poetry films by roy anthony shabla

enjoy!

blessthebody.com Aura Spritz

The aura is a complex, multi-dimensional vibration-bundle which contains all information about you. A small portion of the aura is known as the light around the body, the halo. The complete aura exists both within and without time/space and contains all your spiritual bodies and reaches to the edges of the universe. Ascended Masters have access to the complete aura while most people operate within a very limited energy space.

Damage to the aura affects the physical body, the chakric body, the emotional body; it affects the physical life-process, the spiritual life-process.

The aura is damaged by many antagonists: radiation (use with blessthebody.com Radiation Cleanse); family/inter-personal dysfunction (use with Chakra Tonic); anger, jealously (use with E-motion Potion)...

But most importantly, the aura is damaged by psychic attack, black magic, voodoo. Negative thoughts directed from a casual encounter are very tangible antagonists to the integrity of the aura. Ritual abuse/attack is much worse.

blessthebody.com Aura Spritz cleanses and repairs the aura at all levels and cuts karmic cords to all antagonists. It amplifies all other remedies (eg: see above; also: Silver Light for peace; Green Light for harmony/healing; Love Light for universal compassion, et cetera). For severe auric damage, use with blessthebody.com First Aid. For destructive empathy, use as a tonic with First Aid.

blessthebody.com Aura Spritz is your first line of defense from bad luck in any form because everything exists in your aura before it exists in your life. See also Clean House Spritz.

feng shui self help book

Feng Shui Every Day This is a feng shui book anyone can use. Simple, clear ideas about architecture that will change your life. Includes secret information most masters will not reveal. Do not buy or remodel a house without it. This book is your most important purchase during difficult economic times. Highly praised by feng shui experts.

the house is full
the heart is high
the bank is weak
the bar is dry

blessthebody.com Chakra Tonic

The chakras are portals of spiritual energy which connect to specific points on the physical body. They pertain to psycho-emotional issues which manifest in the physical body and the physical life.

blessthebody.com Chakra Tonic repairs, balances, and strengthens the chakra and nadi (connections between the chakras) systems and their subsidiary systems (the endocrine system, the nervous system, the acupuncture points and meridians systems). It supports the balance of the hormones, brain chemicals, digestive enzymes. It supports the balance of psycho-emotional life-issues. blessthebody.com Chakra Tonic is like "Kundalini-yoga-in-a-bottle".

As a tonic, it is best used regularly over a period of time. This is an excellent basic remedy. Chakra Tonic combines well with the other blessthebody.com Spiritual Remedies — choose to combine remedies to focus the energy to a desired action (eg: Chakra Tonic with Bright Brain for hormone balancing; Chakra Tonic with E-motion Potion for psychological processing; Chakra Tonic with Bright Immunity for strength and vitality).

This is an important remedy during pregnancy (especially for the healthy development of the fetus), menopause, home re-modeling (combine with First Aid), mid-life crisis, or any life-transition. blessthebody.com Chakra Tonic helps you maintain healthy balance.

book of poetry / eating God

eating God This is the updated and expanded version of the highly acclaimed book of ecstatic poetry, eating God. It is a transcendent cycle of poems documenting the spiritual awakening of a simple man in the modern world. It will delight and refresh you with its reality and compassion. This is a book you will read and read again. And share with others. "If poets could be superstars, at least in this time and country, Roy Anthony Shabla would be the man to watch!" ~Spirit of the Valley

blessthebody.com Bright Immunity

This remedy brings vibrant light into the immune system and spiritually antidotes the causative agents of illness. Use it to remove the spiritual basis of colds, flu, serious dis-ease, miasms; use it to remove the spiritual basis of side-effects from antibiotics, immunizations, other pharmaceuticals; use it to remove the spiritual basis of fatigue, achiness, mal-digestion.

blessthebody.com Bright Immunity does not negatively interact with pharmaceuticals — prescription or over-the-counter. It has no ill side-effects. There is no over-dose.

While blessthebody.com Bright Immunity is a tonic and should be used regularly to regain/maintain vibrancy, short-term and occasional use is effective. It is highly recommended for anyone over sixty years of age or anyone with a compromised immune system.

now i lay me down to die
do not bother asking why
you dont really want to know
you would miss your tv show

memoir

(PEACE) WORDS This is the most autobiographical book I have written thus far. It is a "portrait of the artist as a young vandal" complete with confessions of illegal international activities. It is also a moving story of finding one's artistic self in the world despite current trends and styles. The backdrop of the narrative is the peace, human rights, and ecology movements and it is a beautiful primer on the work of peace, protest, and public art. It is even more important and powerful during this time of lingering war.

so pretty to look at
such heaven to touch
but if you would own it
the price is too much

close the windows, shut the door
slide the lock til it slides no more
pull the covers over your head
pray the crazies are all soon dead

blessthebody.com First Aid

Shock and trauma overwhelm a portion of the psyche, stunting the growth process on all levels. An insect bite or paper cut; a car accident or death in the family — from surgery to a stubbed toe, this is your "first-aid-kit-in-a-bottle". More effective than Rescue Remedy or arnica, use for all minor or major emergencies. It is indispensable if you have children or when travelling; keep an extra bottle in your car and toiletries bag.

First Aid relieves shock and trauma from physical, emotional, mental, psychic, and spiritual stress, both current and historical. Use to relieve childhood and distant trauma as well as everyday circumstances. First Aid calls the spirit back so healing can begin.

there is a moth in the room
it has more life than me
i will not sleep until it quiets
the naked thoughts i see...

libretti lumi / book of poetry

libretti lumi Lyrical and deeply resonant, this book of post-modernist poetry explores the dynamics of inter-personal relationships and communication. Built on classical forms, the work draws a direct line from the modern avant garde back through colonial and medieval literature to ancient Rome and Greece. In many ways, it is a summation of the long tradition of literature in the Western world. But don’t let that intimidate you. libretti lumi is a simple and personal account of the effects of love. You will find yourself and your relationships in this book ~the title implies the epiphany you will have when reading it. Non-narrative in format, libretti lumi is the cycles of poetry for two operas. Actually, it is one cantata (a pre-cursor form to opera) and one opera. It is also thoroughly modern and accessible.

Toying with the game between science and spirituality, libretti lumi sheds light on the inner garden from which both science and spirituality spring. It is a book of emotions rationally explored.

The poetry itself is clean and spare, the style is straightforward. While referencing classical forms, there are no overt classical allusions in the work ~you do not need a PhD in literature to read this book. You just need a heart and soul.

the day is long, the night is short
the angels sleep while saints cavort
i lay my head upon the bed
and demons pull my toes for sport

blessthebody.com Bright Brain

The brain is the master computer of the physical body and the main interface with the subtle worlds. Poor diet/nutrition, toxic environment/blood, imbalanced hormones and chemicals, and electro-magnetic and other radiational fields contribute to a decrease of these functions, as do inter-dimensional interferences. Headaches, dizziness, buzzing, inability to focus/inability to remember, poor coordination, mood-swings, insomnia, and general degeneration are all symptoms of a decrease of these functions.

Bright Brain restores vitality and light to the essence of the brain which balances and enhances its functioning. It also strengthens the etheric body, slowing the degeneration of the physical body. Rudolph Steiner said that cancer was a degeneration of the etheric body. Use of Bright Brain as a tonic maintains a strong etheric body.

It is important for serious meditators, students, drug-users, and anyone over forty years of age.

Combine with Radiation Cleanse, Chakra Tonic, White Light for severe symptoms. Combine with Silver Light for chronic anxiety.

chapbook / i write therefore i am

i write therefore i am The lovechild of Dr Seuss and Philip Glass is a Zen master named, i write therefore i am. Or, i am not. This chapbook is a hall of mirrors which reflects more reality than fantastic or fractured distortion. It is a writer’s handbook on why we write; two poems about the soul of poetry. It is music and psychoanalysis and a string of epiphanies knotted like a cat’s cradle. Hypnotic, dizzying… the book is a "must read" for any writer and any reader who considers literature an essential part of life.

blessthebody.com Radiation Cleanse

The degenerative effects of cell phones, microwaved food, television and computer monitors, electric blankets and clocks and appliances are deep to the cellular and atomic levels and lasting. Medical radiation, military and commercial electromagnetic fields, ley lines, and the fallout from nuclear reactions are even worse. Negative radiation is linked to the dehydration of the planet and the trend toward sterilization of the human race. Nothing escapes the dysbiosis caused by radiation.

Radiation Cleanse is an effective antidote to all forms of life-negative emanations. It corrects the mis-polarity of all systems (atomic, cellular, electrical, chakric, auric, etcetera) and repairs the damage caused by negative radiation. It is indispensable in these modern times. Use when other subtle energy work is ineffective.

Symptoms of radiation toxicity can include: dry mouth, dizziness, nausea, weakness, spaciness; but degenerative effects occur before physical symptoms. Combine with blessthebody.com Bright Brain and Chakra Tonic for severe symptoms.

chapbook / conversations

conversations This chapbook of minimalist poetry shines a spotlight on the reality of modern interpersonal communication. A delicacy and subtlety unknown to Richard Brautigan permeates this work; a clean starkness visited only by Mishima; a clarity possessed only by the great haiku poets ~ this is conversations. The first review: In his latest literary effort, conversations, Roy Anthony Shabla becomes the proverbial "fly on the wall". From this vantage point, he observes and light-heartedly describes the awkward social interactions inherent in the potential and ongoing relationships of others as well as his own. His inimitable poetic banter is both entertaining and biting and can even be, at times, poignant. A highly readable chapbook, conversations is a welcome addition to Shabla's growing ouvre.

im not sleepy im not tired
actually im kinda wired
scribbling at the kitchen table
scribbling art if i am able

the heart of my heart

the eye of my eye

sees the art of your art

sees the art of your heart

from the hand of your hand

the ear of my ear

hears the song of your song

hears the strong of your song

from beginning to end

the feet of my feet

step the dance of your dance

step the chance of your dance

my very best friend

the heart of my heart

as wide as the sky

as deep as the stars

that light up the night

as long as the road

that borders the sea

and runs from now

to eternity

the heart of my heart

holds the hand of your hand

holds the heart of your heart

so we are never apart

the heart of my heart

sings along with your song

steps the steps of your dance

my very best friend

from the start of the start

to the end of the end

my soul is black
my hair is white
my heart is green
with sick delight

the earth is flat
the sky is round
i live in hell
with just one sound

one white iris in a field of blue
and nothing can change that
and nothing can change that
and nothing can change that
and nothing can change that

one white iris in a field of blue
and nothing can change that
and nothing can change that
and nothing can change that
and nothing can change that

what price
this pearl

what trade

of cup
for cross

of ring
for rain

of crown
for wreath
for paper
hat

that holds
its
promise

of the sea

what price
genius

what song
sung
for this

this banquet
this poison
fish

this slapping

of the
hands

what an evening what a time
what good writing so sublime
what a way to pass the night
murder is a fine delight

time for sleep, time for bed
my beady eyes are turning red
time for bed, time for sleep
soon you will not hear a peep

thank you for the day i had
it wasnt good it wasnt bad
it was a day like any day
and i would play no other way

love is for sissies
love is for fools
love is for poop heads
who play by the rules

there is war in the world
there is war in the town
there is always a way
to keep your love down

another day another year
another smile full of cheer
another song to warm your heart
another life to rip apart

there is a song in my heart
there is a song on my lips
there is the music of night
and the twist in my hips

turn the page, close the book
give your life a loving look
something old is something new
(something borrowed, something blue)
something changes, something stays
as the years all fade away


alternate ending:

as the reasons fade away

i watched a film alone i didnt want to watch alone
it chilled me to the bone it chilled every room in my home

sing a song of sex dreams
sing a song of love
sing a song of silly things
that rain from god above

happy dreams happy night
launch your spirit into flight
let the day dissolve away
let the night be time to play

the holiday has gone away
now i can enjoy the day
santas dead and jesus too
so i can dance with you know who

go to bed you sleepy head
wash your face and brush your hair
don pajamas or if you dare
go to dreamland wholely bare